Events
The messenger explains how he knows Oedipus is the same person as the baby?
What is that he confirms that Oedipus was the baby given to him by a Theban shepherd because of the swollen foot?
He blinds himself with Jocasta’s brooches after discovering the truth
Who is Oedipus?
What hamartia or character defect brings about Oedipus downfall?
Oedipus refuses to listen to everyone telling him to stop the investigation.
It is a work of art that probes with high seriousness questions concerning the role of man in the universe.
What is tragedy?
He reveals that Oedipus was adopted and not the biological son of Polybus and Merope
She hangs herself after realizing the prophecy has come true
Who is Jocasta?
What is she tells Oedipus to stop investigate his adoption and leaves the room.
They typically have heroic traits that earn them the sympathy of the audience, but also have hamartia or make mistakes which lead to their tragic end.
What are tragic heroes?
This news temporarily relieves Oedipus and Jocasta.
What is news of Polybus’s death initially seems to disprove the prophecy that Oedipus would kill his father?
He reveals that Oedipus was adopted and not the biological son of Polybus and Merope.
Who is the Messenger from Corinth?
His earlier curse on the killer, which comes true once the truth is revealed.
What is the killer must be exiled to stop the plague.
The Greek word for an error in judgment or a flaw.
What is harmatia?
The shocking information does Corinthian messenger shares.
The messenger reveals that Oedipus was given to Polybus as a baby instead of being his biological son.
He confirms that Oedipus was the baby given to him by a Theban shepherd with his ankles pinned together.
Who is the Shepherd (the former servant of Laius)?
He and Teiresias are similar in these two ways.
What is they cannot physically see but they can "see" the truth?
What is when the audience knows things that the characters do not.
Trace the journey of Oedipus the baby from the palace in Thebes to the palace in Corinth.
What is Jocasta gives the baby to the Theban shepherd, who gives the baby to a Corinthian messenger, who gives the baby to Polybus and Merope.
He requests this of Creon (3 possibilities).
What is banishment?
What is a proper burial for Jocasta?
What is care and protection for Oedipus's daughters?
What is the prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother?
The Greek word for reversal of fortune, such as when Oedipus finally realizes the truth and his life immediately falls apart.
What is peripeteia?